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You know, if it was our birthday, we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than having a bunch of people come together and hand us money for our paintings. If van Gogh was still alive, we think he'd probably feel the same. So celebrate his birthday by buying some of his paintings, and frankly, your home'll probably look better with his paintings than the ones we made.

dunderhead

kelly0519

I bought a piece of their art off of Amazon and the quality was absolutely horrible. Never again will I buy a piece of art from this company. If I'm paying that much money for a piece of art it should at least be up to quality. I got a piece for $93.27 and it looked like a $10 piece of art I could've bought at the dollar store.

You can find these same pieces on any other site by a different company: Sears, Kmart, Walmart, Amazon, etc. at a much higher quality.

tonymontana444

PemberDucky

jsaunde77 wrote:Yeesh, thanks for the warning guys. Been casually stalking the universe for a starry night for a while. I'll find something I can put my eyes on before purchase.

while we do encourage as much input from our community as possible and we love new folks to join in the conversation, keep in mind two of those posts came from folks who joined the site today, have no purchases from woot, and have never posted before.

maybe other purchasers can chime in? that would help a lot!

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hyoleecow

I was going to add that as well. Out of the 3 bad reviews, two of them are from brand new users back to back. I find it a bit suspects -- not that I think Art Wall products are good or anything. I've never seen them.

Closest I can find in terms of review is Starry Night (poster only though - not on Canvas) on Amazon and it seems to have good review from a three legitimate reviews (users with other items in their review list): http://amzn.com/B009SZVI2C

kelly0519

hyoleecow wrote:I was going to add that as well. Out of the 3 bad reviews, two of them are from brand new users back to back. I find it a bit suspects -- not that I think Art Wall products are good or anything. I've never seen them.

Closest I can find in terms of review is Starry Night (poster only though - not on Canvas) on Amazon and it seems to have good review from a three legitimate reviews (users with other items in their review list): http://amzn.com/B009SZVI2C

As I had said before, I had purchased one of the Art Wall pieces from AMAZON, not from Woot. I just signed up for Woot today and saw the sale so I figured I would share my poor experience to prevent the same thing from happening to other people. I ordered "Japanese Tree by John Black" and there were several blemishes on the canvas and the colors looked nothing like they did online so it didn't even end up matching my dining room like I had hoped. Just seemed like a cheaply made product to me like I had said before. When I'm spending almost $100 I seriously expect better quality.

So while I did not purchase from Woot I did still purchase from Art Wall. The same company selling them on Woot.

PemberDucky

kelly0519 wrote:As I had said before, I had purchased one of the Art Wall pieces from AMAZON, not from Woot. I just signed up for Woot today and saw the sale so I figured I would share my poor experience to prevent the same thing from happening to other people. I ordered "Japanese Tree by John Black" and there were several blemishes on the canvas and the colors looked nothing like they did online so it didn't even end up matching my dining room like I had hoped. Just seemed like a cheaply made product to me like I had said before. When I'm spending almost $100 I seriously expect better quality.

So while I did not purchase from Woot I did still purchase from Art Wall. The same company selling them on Woot.

thanks for coming back in with more feedback.

i apologize if i made you feel unwelcome.
as i said, we definitely want folks contributing information, regardless of their member status.

thanks for joining and being a part of the community!

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hyoleecow

kelly0519 wrote:As I had said before, I had purchased one of the Art Wall pieces from AMAZON, not from Woot. I just signed up for Woot today and saw the sale so I figured I would share my poor experience to prevent the same thing from happening to other people. I ordered "Japanese Tree by John Black" and there were several blemishes on the canvas and the colors looked nothing like they did online so it didn't even end up matching my dining room like I had hoped. Just seemed like a cheaply made product to me like I had said before. When I'm spending almost $100 I seriously expect better quality.

So while I did not purchase from Woot I did still purchase from Art Wall. The same company selling them on Woot.

I didn't direct my comments at you. I was more wondering about the two comments that followed. And you are right...I'm sure this is the exact same item as what's sold on Amazon anyway (besides, they are the same company now) and that when it costs as much as this for a canvas print, it should be worth what you paid for it and not subpar in anyway.

jono216

PemberDucky wrote:while we do encourage as much input from our community as possible and we love new folks to join in the conversation, keep in mind two of those posts came from folks who joined the site today, have no purchases from woot, and have never posted before.

maybe other purchasers can chime in? that would help a lot!

This is false because I have been a member for awhile and I have purchased goods from woot. So thanks for noticing

It often costs more, but not astronomically so if you look for local artists and galleries in part of town that is just beginning gentrification, if you town has that. Otherwise wherever art students and musicians hang out. That kind of thing.

craigthom

I wouldn't call them "globs" On some of his paintings (and Starry Night is one) it does look as if he painted with a trowel instead of a brush (or with a tube of paint, if paint had come in tubes back then), but they still make up strokes instead of globs.

I agree that the three-dimensionality of his paintings make them more impressive, but I'm not sure I'd want that faked on a print.

lwang

craigthom wrote:I wouldn't call them "globs" On some of his paintings (and Starry Night is one) it does look as if he painted with a trowel instead of a brush (or with a tube of paint, if paint had come in tubes back then), but they still make up strokes instead of globs.

I agree that the three-dimensionality of his paintings make them more impressive, but I'm not sure I'd want that faked on a print.

then are these 'embellished', as many of limited series 'prints' are nowdays by the artists.

castropa531

kelly0519 wrote:As I had said before, I had purchased one of the Art Wall pieces from AMAZON, not from Woot. I just signed up for Woot today and saw the sale so I figured I would share my poor experience to prevent the same thing from happening to other people. I ordered "Japanese Tree by John Black" and there were several blemishes on the canvas and the colors looked nothing like they did online so it didn't even end up matching my dining room like I had hoped. Just seemed like a cheaply made product to me like I had said before. When I'm spending almost $100 I seriously expect better quality.

So while I did not purchase from Woot I did still purchase from Art Wall. The same company selling them on Woot.

Thank You for your post. Like many on here and Amazon, we look to input from people with experience and past history with the product they are commenting on or reviewing. While I give more credibility to the people that actually have a "verified purchase", I keep that info in my head when I make a decision to spend my money on something. Thank you for you input!

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